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Access to alcohol and drug treatment for people from historically disadvantaged communities in the Cape Town metropole

Author: Myers, Bronwyn Jane Date: 2007 This study examined factors associated with access to alcohol and drug treatment for people from historically disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa. The Behavioural Model of Health Services Utilisation was used as a conceptual ... Read more
Achievement goal profiles, trait-anxiety and state-emotion of young female competitive horse riders

Author: Duff-Riddell, Caroline ; Louw, Johann Date: 2011 The goal orientations of female riders (N=83) between the ages of 9 and 20 were investigated with a view to extracting goal profiles from the collected data. Goal orientations were identified by means of the Achievement Goal Questionnaire for ... Read more
Activity and life satisfaction in the elderly : a study at seniors' centres

Author: Gillespie, Charles William Ian Date: 1994 Although the activity theory of optimal ageing has attracted much interest amongst psychological gerontologists since its explication by Havighurst and Albrecht {1953), little work has been done in the South African context. As the many ... Read more
Attitudes and perceptions towards organizational functioning in substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa

Author: Bowles, Steven Date: 2008 This study examined the attitudes and perceptions of directors and treatment staff towards organizational functioning within substance abuse treatment facilities across South Africa. In South Africa a history of socio-political factors have ... Read more
The Cape Town Child Guidance Clinic, 1935-1971 : an historical analysis

Author: Hay, Andrea Date: 1990 The study traced certain themes in the history of the Child Guidance Clinic during the period 1935 to 1971, in order to support the following hypotheses: (1) The establishment and development of the Clinic corresponded to the rise and growth ... Read more
Childhood depression, expressed emotion and psychotherapy : associations and interactions

Author: De Wet, Debbie Date: 2003 This study is concerned with the pursuit of ascertaining the efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of childhood depression. Additionally, it is concerned with exploring possible associations between childhood depression and ... Read more
Colonialism and the production of psychiatric knowledge in the Cape, 1891-1920

Author: Swartz, Sally Date: 1996 This dissertation describes the evolution of psychiatric practice in the Cape during period 1891-1920, following the appointment of the colony's first Inspector of Asylums. It was a time during which legal reform and social and economic change ... Read more
Developing a monitoring and evaluation system for the ceasefire gang violence programme in Hanover Park, Cape Town

Author: Mahamed, Mahamed Rage Date: 2014 This study is a formative evaluation of the Ceasefire gang violence programme in Hanover Park, Cape Town, South Africa. The primary audience of this evaluation is the Ceasefire programme management. The Ceasefire programme is a project of the ... Read more
Developing program theory for purveyor programs

Author: Oosthuizen, Christa ; Louw, Johann Date: 2013 BACKGROUND:Frequently, social interventions produce less for the intended beneficiaries than was initially planned. One possible reason is that ideas embodied in interventions are not self-executing and require careful and systematic translation ... Read more c b
Eating attitudes and behaviours in a diverse group of high school students in the Western Cape

Author: Russell, Basil Date: 2003 A total of 813 male and female high school students in the Western Cape between grades 10 and 12 completed a questionnaire survey on their eating attitudes and behaviours. The mean age for the sample was 16.77 years. The survey included a ... Read more
An ecosystemic assessment of the 'children of divorce intervention program' for children between the ages of eight to twelve years

Author: Lloyd-Young, Mandy Date: 1997 This study has been an attempt to understand the progression of twenty-eight 'children of divorce' as they have participated in the Children of Divorce Intervention Program (CODIP) and through the fifteen-month follow-up period thereafter. ... Read more
Employee assistance programmes : a needs assessment and cost-benefit analysis

Author: Meyer, Annemarie Date: 1994 The aim of the research was firstly-to conduct a needs assessment for an employee assistance programme (EAP) at a financial company, in other words, to determine whether the employees of the financial company actually needed an EAP, and if ... Read more
Evaluating a governmental training and development programme

Author: Coetzer, Anje Date: 2010 The current study examines the Contractor Development Model (CDM) as used by Working for Water. The overarching goal of the WfW programme is to alleviate poverty by creating short to medium term jobs for unskilled workers through clearing ... Read more
Evaluating the implementation of Options for Health in the Western Cape: an intervention aimed at increasing ARV adherence and reducing sexual risk among people on ARVs in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Dewing, Sarah Date: 2012 Options for Health is an evidence-based intervention for reducing sexual risk behaviour among people living with HIV. Options has been proposed as a feasible strategy for integrating HIV prevention with care and supporting adherence to ... Read more
An evaluation of a home-care project for people with HIV and AIDS

Author: Soal, Judith Ann Date: 1997 This dissertation documents the evaluation of a community health pilot project initiated to care for people living with HIV and AIDS. The evaluation, which was conducted at the request of the project management, emphasises the importance of ... Read more
Evaluation of a pilot crime prevention project in the Western Cape

Author: Nel, Natasha Date: 2002 The non-governmental organisation U Managing Conflict (UMAC) is responsible for the implementation of a local crime prevention initiative in the Western Cape. The pilot project involves establishing community safety forums (CSFs) consisting ... Read more
An evaluation of a school leadership development programme

Author: Jansen, Rethar Date: 2015 This study set-out as an evaluation of Symphonia's Partners for Possibility leadership development programme for school principals in South Africa. Broadly, the goal of the programme is to improve the educational outcomes of under-resourced ... Read more
An evaluation of an after-school programme for high school learners in Cape Town, South Africa

Author: Benkenstein, Alex Date: 2017 Poor academic achievement in relation to developing country peers, together with a range of other issues such as violence in schools, high drop-out rates and high teenage pregnancy rates, contribute to the perception of a crisis in South ... Read more
An evaluation of the City of Cape Town Municipality's waste wise sustainable education and school recycling programme

Author: Armien-Ally, Jameyah Date: 2014 This dissertation examines the City of Cape Town municipality's Waste Wise Programme. It examines one of the three models, namely the Sustainable Education and School Recycling model and consists of a theory as well as a process evaluation. ... Read more
An evaluation of the effects of a training programme in Trauma Release Exercises on quality of life

Author: McCann, Taryn Date: 2011 This study investigated a unique body-based intervention, known as Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE), which focuses on the neurophysiological residues of stress. Read more

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